Regan gets life for offering secrets to Iraq, China

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Brian Patrick Regan was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday for offering to sell U.S. intelligence secrets to Saddam Hussein and the Chinese government.

U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee approved the sentence, which was brokered by Regan's lawyers and prosecutors. As part of the agreement, the government promised not to prosecute Regan's wife, Anette, and allowed her to keep Regan's military pension. Regan also agreed to tell the government about any classified information he may have given to a foreign country.

Regan, a 40-year-old retired Air Force master sergeant, was convicted last month on two attempted espionage counts and a single charge of gathering national defense information.